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I was walking down the street to meet a friend for lunch, and noticed that I was about to pass several men. I always get tense in this situation because I get harassed on a daily basis, so I steeled myself and had my comebacks ready. I got past the group and started to breathe […]

I was putting recycling into my boss’ car when a man came out of Fiesta Restaurant (at Dupont Circle) and said “Nice car.” Since I knew exactly what was about to transpire, I ignored him. He repeated himself and I brusquely responded “It’s not my car.” He walked right up behind me, disgustingly checked me […]

I think this is the same “Boys and Girls Club” scammer as previous entries. I was walking to a doctor appointment when a 20-ish guy with dreads and a baseball cap came up to me and asked me something incomprehensible. I said, “Excuse me? No, I’m sorry, I–” and he cut me off with, “Is […]

This just happened! I was walking back to the office from getting lunch, and some guy in a uniform, like a meter maid uniform or something, called me gorgeous in a growly voice. I told him that I don’t want to hear comments like that, and that most women don’t. He said, “Okay, go ahead […]

Early this summer, I was walking back to my neighborhood with a set of golf clubs; I had picked them up after having them repaired. A delivery man carrying a box yelled to me in a lusty way as I walked past him, “Girl, I’ll dog you like Tiger Woods!” I took this to be […]